Expert: Roger Lederer - 6/13/2008

Question
Hello, So we've had "Peanut"  almost 2 weeks.He was only a few days old when we found him -no feathers.He's been chirping and bouncing around his cage.Beautiful orange speckled chest. We were so ecstatic!! We live on an old farm,we come in contact worth a lot of sick and lost animals. So this morining @ 6:30 I went to his cage and he was all puffed up. Could have been the chill we got last nite. Hub went to bed @ 11 PM and said laundry room was very warm- we had had 90+ temps. Last nite went to 40's.Peanut's feet were cold and I scooped him up and held him tight to keep him warm by 8:30AM he was dead. It couldn't have gotten cold enough in the laundry room until at least 2. He had a nest.My hub didn't have the lite on because it was so hot in there before. He had all his feathers too.I wanted to know what you think. I think I already know the answer.My husband feels he is too blame.  Thank you for your time.
Elizabeth Hathaway

Answer
It's hard to know exactly what caused the bird to die. But baby birds are VERY hard to raise unless you have the experience. The parent birds know what to feed them so they get the right amount of protein, vitamins, etc. The cold weather certainly did not help but if the bird was totally healthy, the cold weather would not have killed him.